Abstract

‘Undesirables’ explores the various border control practices employed against migrant communities that have been branded as undesirable by the authorities, including exclusion, deportation, monitoring and detention. The contemporary approaches to undesirable migrant groups have deep historical connections. This special issue offers evidence that current policy and practices are products of a long-term historical recourse. This proposed issue explores how certain migrant groups (on the grounds of race, gender, ethnicity, political ideology, and perceived criminality) were identified as ‘undesirable’ by the authorities of the state and subjected to various border and policing practices. This often involved the exclusion of ‘undesirable’ migrants at the border or the deportation of individuals if found to be ‘undesirable’, but also included the surveillance, arrest and detention of undesirables from migrant groups by police and intelligence agencies once they had settled in the destination country.This special issue shows that border control practices extended far beyond the physical border and that as well as using border practices to reject or expel ‘undesirable’ migrants, the state highly monitored those ‘undesirable’ migrants who had been allowed to enter the country. This builds on Paddy Hillyard’s (1993) theory of the ‘suspect community’, which described the heavy policing of the Irish community in Britain during the 1970s-80s. While some studies have looked at how some community groups have replaced others in the contemporary government’s security agenda (Pantazis and Pemberton 2009), this special issue showcases that the ‘undesirability’ concept has historical origin that still influences current approaches to policies, hence it warrants a more comprehensive investigation and reflection.

摘要

《不受欢迎的人》探讨了针对被当局标记为不受欢迎的移民社区的各种边境控制做法，包括排斥、驱逐、监视和拘留。当代对待不良移民群体的方法有着深厚的历史渊源。本期特刊提供的证据表明，当前的政策和做法是长期历史追索的产物。这个提议的问题探讨了某些移民群体（基于种族、性别、民族、政治意识形态和被认为的犯罪行为）如何被国家当局认定为“不受欢迎的”，并受到各种边境和治安做法的影响。这通常涉及在边境将“不受欢迎的”移民排除在外，或者如果发现个人“不受欢迎”，则将其驱逐出境，但还包括警察和情报机构对移民群体的不受欢迎者在目的地国定居后的监视、逮捕和拘留。本期特刊表明边境管制做法远远超出了实际边界，而且使用边境做法为了拒绝或驱逐“不受欢迎的”移民，国家对那些被允许进入该国的“不受欢迎的”移民进行了高度监控。这是建立在 Paddy Hillyard (1993) 的“可疑社区”理论的基础上的，该理论描述了 1970 年代至 80 年代英国爱尔兰社区的严格监管。虽然一些研究着眼于一些社区团体如何在当代政府的安全议程中取代其他团体（Pantazis 和 Pemberton 2009），